Water-elevating apparatus.



G. F. YOUNG & L. A. BERGER.

WATER ELBVATING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED 001..29, 1910.

Patented May 30, 1-911.

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O. F.'YOUNG & L. A. BERGER.

WATER ELEVATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29, 1910.

Patented May 30, 1911.

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CLIFTON F. YOUNG AND LEWIS A. BERGER, OF CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO.

WATER-ELEVATING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 36, 1911.

Application filed October 29, 1910. Serial No. 589,758.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLIFTON F. YOUNG and Lnwrs A. BERGER, both citizensof the United States, residing at Circleville, in the county of Pickawayand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWater-Elevating Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pumps for elevating water from wells or othersources of water supply to stock troughs, hydrants, house servicesystems, spraying apparatus, etc., one object of the invention being toprovide a simple, inexpensive, reliable and efficient pump adapted forthese and other general uses.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pump which may beoperated automatically by the stock or by hand at will, which guardsagainst liability of injury to the stock when used to supply a stocktrough, and which on each actuation of the piston will store and supplya comparatively large amount of water.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a central vertical front to rear section through the pumpand tilting platform. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same with partsbroken away and other parts shown in horizontal section on the line 2-2of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4. is a transverse section on an enlarged scale through thecylinder and piston. Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective view of thepiston. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of the piston rod and parts ofthe means for manually operating the pump.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a well, at the top of which is astationary platform 2 and a suitable fence or inclosure 3, the latterbeing open at the front for the passage of persons and stock to and fromthe pump. The said platform 2 forms a cover for the well and support forthe parts of the pump, while the inclosure 3 protects the pump frominjury by the stock and insures the approach and withdrawal of the stockin a prescribed path.

Arranged within the well is a base 4, composed of crossed bars, fromwhich rise standards 5 connected by cross pieces 6 and 7, forming aframe inclosing the pump cylinder 8 which is secured at its lower end tothe standards by suitable fastenings 9 and is encompassed at its upperend by a retaining band 10, whereby said cylinder is held in position.The frame extends above the well and through the platform 2, as shown,and terminates at its upper end in rear of a drinking trough 11 arrangedtransversely of the passage and suitably supported from said platform 2or the sides of the inclosure 3. Said trough is provided with a wasteoutlet 12 closed by a suitable plug, stopper or valve 13.

The cylinder 8 is submerged in the water in the well and closed at itslower end by a bottom or head 14 secured thereto by screws 15. Above thehead 14: the cylinder is provided with a false bottom or head 16,forming an intervening water inlet cham ber 17, into which the waterflows from the well through lateral openings 18 covered by a guardscreen 19, whereby the access of dirt and refuse to the cylinder isprevented. A water delivery pipe 20 is connected with the cylinder by abracket 21 and communicates at its lower end with the cylinderimmediately above the head 16. At the lower end of the pipe is a checkvalve 22 to prevent the return of water to the cylinder, and at theupper end of the pipe is a nozzle 23 arranged to discharge into thetrough. A valve 2 1 governs the discharge of water from the nozzle andis controlled by a float 25, whereby the flow of water to the tank iscut off when the water therein reaches a prescribed level. Ports 26 areprovided for the feed of water from the chamber 17 to the lower end ofthe body of the cylinder, which ports are controlled by a suction valve27.

The pump piston 28 reciprocates within the cylinder and comprises ahollow air containing body or shell open at bottom and closed at top,said shell being of greater length than the diameter to contain acomparatively large body of air and snugly fitting the cylinder andhaving an intermediate cross bar or spider 29. The said cross bar andthe top of the shell are formed with registering openings receiving thelower threaded end of the piston rod 30, which is clamped thereto bynuts and washers 31. An annular packing strip or ring 30 fits at itsupper edge within the piston and is held in position by a clamping ring31 secured to the piston by bolts 32. The lower edge of the ring extendsbelow the piston and is pressed fluid-tight against the cylinder by anannular expansible spring 33. Said spring is engaged and held in placeby hooked clips 34 suspended from the bolts 32. On its upward or suctionmovement the piston draws water into the body of the cylinder, and onthe downward movement of said piston a portion of the water is forcedout through the delivery pipe, while the air contained in the piston iscompressed behind the body of water, providing for the continued flow ofthe water under pressure until the amount drawn in is fully discharged.

Mounted upon the upper threaded end of the rod is a weight holdingreceptacle 35, secured thereto by nuts 36, and arranged on said rodbetween said receptacle and. a guide tube 37 carried by the bar 6 in asliding sleeve 38. Said sleeve carries a pivoted pawl or dog 39 having atoothed inner end 40 to engage the threads or ratchet teeth on the rodand having its outer end formed with an aperture 41 to receive thelaterally bent end or crank 42 of an operating lever 43, said leverbeing pivotally mounted upon a swinging standard 44, so that upondisengaging the end 42 from the aperture 41 the lever may be swung to aninoperative position out of the way of the rod. The toothed end of thedog is normally held by gravity out of engagement with the rod, allowingthe latter to have free independent move ment, but by upward pressure onthe apertured end of the dog the toothed end thereof will be thrown intoengagement with the threads of the rod, thus forming a clutch connectionbetween the lever and rod to couple the same together when the lever isoperated. A manually operated means is thus provided to enable the rodand piston to be raised on the suction motion against the resistance ofthe weighted element 35, which, upon the release of the rod, will forcethe rod and piston downward on the compression and discharge stroke. Itwill be understood that when the lever is released the sleeve 38 willdrop down onto the guide tube 37 and the dog will tilt to retractedposition, allowing free down movement of the piston under the action ofthe weighted element.

A tilting platform is provided to enable the pump to be automaticallyoperated by live stock on their passage to the watering trough. Thistilting platform is arranged between the trough and entrance to theinclosure 3 and comprises front and rear sections 41 and 42, onerelatively shorter than the other, said sections being pivotallyconnected at their adjacent ends by a cross rod or bolt 43. Said tiltingplatform is movable in a recess 44" in the stationary platform 2 and therelatively outer ends of the sections thereof abut against cross pieceabutments 45 and 46 at the ends of the recess to firmly stay the tiltingplatform .in its tilted condition. As shown, the platform sections 41and 42 incline toward each other and are highest at their adjacent ends,and the section 42 is pivotally mounted on a cross rod or bolt 47 fixedin the side walls ofthe recess at a point between its center and outerpivoted end. The section 41 is provided with a joint plate 48 to overlapthe cross piece 45, while the outer short end of the section 42 carriesa joint plate 48 to overlap the adjacent ends of the two platformsections when the same are depressed, whereby a smooth surface isprovided for the travel of the stock thereon. Rising from the platform 2are short standards 49, to which are pivoted the forward ends of leverarms 50, which are pivotally connected at their rear ends to a clip 51engaging the piston rod. The arms extend along the sides of the section42 of the tilting platform to the inner end of the inner platformsection and are thence bent inwardly as at 53, at an oblique angle andtogether coupled to the clip, forming a yoke-shaped lever fortransmitting motion from the tilting platform to the piston rod. Thearms are engaged adjacent their bent ends by the hooked upper ends 54 ofrods 55 slidable through the platform section 42 and having heads 56 attheir lower ends, between which and said platform section are arrangedcoiled cushioning springs 57. These yielding or cushioning connectionsbetween the platform and lever arms provide for the gradual transmissionof power from the platform to the piston rod, thus relieving the latterfrom shocks and jars when the platform is depressed by the weight of thestock. Said cushioning connections also prevent injury to the lever armswhen any material resistance to the downward movement of the piston isestablished, as when a supply of water still remains within thecylinder. A guard flange or fender 58 rises from the inner edge of theplatform section 42 to prevent any of the live stock from slipping offthe inner end of the platform or attempting to pass beneath the trough.

It will be understood, of course, that in the use of the device as ahand pump the lever arms 50 are disconnected from the piston rod and thereceptacle 35 is partially or wholly filled with stones or othermaterial of suflicient weight to depress the piston for the discharge ofthe water. Each time the hand lever is operated the piston will beraised, thus drawing in water, and upon the release of the lever saidlever will be returned to normal position and the piston forced downwardby the weighted receptacle. The mode of operation, conveniences andadvantages of the invention in this connection will be readilyappreciated, and it is obvious that the delivery pipe may be connectedwith a house service system or arranged to supply water for any purose.p In the use of the device as an automatic pump actuated by the weightof the live stock, the lever 43 may be disconnected from the clutchdevice and the receptacle 35 allowed to remain but left unweighted, orthe lever, receptacle and clutch device may be entirely dispensed with.In such use of the device the weight of an animal stepping upon theouter platform section 41 will depress said section and the outer end ofthe plat-form section 42, thus elevating the inner end of the platformsection 42, whereby motion will be transmitted through the lever arms toraise the pump piston on its suction stroke. WVhen the animal steps uponthe inner end of the platform section 42 said section will be depressed,restoring the platform to normal position and forcing the pistondownward on its discharge stroke, whereby a supply of water will beforced through the pipe 20 to the trough. Upon the backward travel ofthe animal over the platform sections, the latter will be restored tonormal position, ready for a repetition of the above describedoperation.

We claim:

1. A water elevating apparatus comprising a cylinder having check-valvedinlet and out-let ports at the bottom thereof, a piston operating insaid cylinder and consisting of a hollow air containing shell, aflexible packing strip projecting below the lower edge of 4ol the shell,an expansible annular spring forcing said strip in contact with the wallof the cylinder, and clips engaging and holding said spring in position,and means for raising and depressing the piston.

2. A water elevating apparatus comprising a well or the like, a framehaving a cross bar, a cylinder in the well supported by said frame andhaving check-valved inlet and discharge ports at its lower end, a pistonin said cylinder consisting of a hollow air containing shell, a rodextending upward through said cross bar and connecting with the piston,a weighted piston depressing element connected with the upper end of therod, a piston elevating lever, a sleeve slidable on the rod bet-weensaid cross bar and the weighted element, and a pivoted dog carried bythe sleeve and connected with the lever and operating on the pistonelevating movement of said lever to couple said lever and sleeve to therod.

3. A water elevating apparatus comprising a cylinder having check-valvedinlet and outlet ports, a piston comprising a hollow shell operating insaid cylinder, a rod extending upwardly from the piston, a trough, aconductor leading from the outlet port to the trough, a tilting platformterminating at its inner end below and adjacent to the front of thetrough, said platform comprising an inner long section pivotally mountedbetween its center and outer end and an outer short section pivoted tothe outer end of said inner sect-ion, a yoke lever pivotally connectedwith the rod and having its arms extending along and pivoted to theinner end of the long platform section, and cushioning connectionsintermediate said pivot points between said lever arms and said innerend of the long platform section.

a. A water elevating apparatus comprising a cylinder having check-valvedinlet and outlet ports, a piston operating in said cylinder, a rodextending upwardly from the piston, a sectional tilting platform, a yokelever having its arms pivotally mounted independently of the platformand pivotally connected with the rod, and cushioning stops slidablymounted on the platform section between said pivot points and yieldinglyconnecting said inner platform section between said pivot points withthe arms of said lever.

5. A water elevating apparatus comprising a cylinder having check-valvedinlet and outlet ports, a piston comprising a hollow air-containingshell operating in said cylinder, a rod extending upwardly from thepiston, a tilting platform consisting of relatively long and short innerand outer sections pivotally connected at their adjacent ends, said lonsections being pivotally mounted between its center and outer end, ayoke lever having its arms pivotally mounted independently of theplatform and pivot ally connected with the rod, and cushioning stopsslidably mounted on the platform section between said pivot points andyieldingly connecting said inner platform section between said pivotpoints with the arms of said lever.

6. A water elevating apparatus comprising a cylinder having check-valvedinlet and outlet ports, a piston comprising a hollow air-containingshell operating in said cylinder, a rod extending upwardly from thepiston, a tilting platform consisting of relatively long and short innerand outer sections pivotally connected at their adjacent ends, said longsection being pivotally mounted between its center and outer end, leverarms pivotally mounted independent of the platform and pivotally coupledto the rod, and yielding cushioning connections between said lever armsand the inner end of the inner platform section.

7. A water elevating apparatus comprising a cylinder having check-valvedinlet and outlet ports, a piston operating in said cylinder, a rodextending upwardly from the piston, a sectional tilting platform, anelevated trough disposed between the rod and platform and communicatingwith the outlet port of the cylinder, an operating connection betweenthe rod and platform and extending beneath the trough, and an uprightguard at the inner end of the plat-form and movable therewith andcovering the space between the same and bottom of the trough.

8. A water elevating apparatus comprising a cylinder having check-valvedinlet and outlet ports, a piston comprising a hollow air-containingshell operating in said cylinder, a rod extending upwardly from thepiston, a tilting plat-form consisting of relatively long and shortinner and outer sections pivotally connected at their adjacent ends,said long section being pivotally mounted between its center and outerend, lever arms pivotally mounted independent of the platform andlpivotally coupled to the rod, rods slidable through the inner end ofthe inner platform section and having headed lower ends and hooked upperends engaging said lever arms, and coiled springs tions pivotallyconnected at their adjacent ends, said long section being pivotallymounted between its center and outer end, lever arms pivotally mountedindependent of the platform and pivotally coupled to the rod, andyielding cushioning connections between said lever arms and the innerend of the inner platform section.

In testimony whereof we affiX our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

CLIFTON F. YOUNG. LEWIS A. BERGER.

Witnesses:

HULDAH NEWTON, H. W. PLUM.

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